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COMMERCIAL PARTNERS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS COMMERICAL PARTNERS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
COMMERCIAL PARTNERS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS |
COMMERCIAL PARTNERS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS [Table Text Block] | summary of the Company’s costs and reserves related to the DepoCyt(e) discontinuation are as follows (in thousands):
| Severance and Related Costs |  | Lease Costs |  | Write-Off of Property, Plant & Equipment and Inventory |  | Asset Retirement Obligations and Other Discontinuation Costs |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2016 | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Charges incurred | 303 |  |  | 2,018 |  |  | 2,470 |  |  | 656 |  |  | 5,447 |
Cash payments made | (303 | ) |  | (744 | ) |  | — |  |  | (420 | ) |  | (1,467 | )
Disposal of property, plant & equipment and inventory | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,470 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2,470 | )
Balance sheet reclassifications | — |  |  | 494 |  |  | — |  |  | 73 |  |  | 567 |
Balance at December 31, 2017 | — |  |  | 1,768 |  |  | — |  |  | 309 |  |  | 2,077 |
Charges incurred | — |  |  | 1,513 |  |  | — |  |  | 51 |  |  | 1,564 |
Cash payments made | — |  |  | (1,311 | ) |  | — |  |  | (91 | ) |  | (1,402 | )
Balance sheet reclassifications | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 13 |  |  | 13 |
Balance at December 31, 2018 | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,970 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 282 |  |  | $ | 2,252 |

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